4/10/17 Our first of the season and what a guy. ARI # 35222385. Sawdust's Almond Thunder weighed a whopping 23.5 lbs birth weight and is gaining a pound a day. Sawdust Alpacas is very pleased with this boy He is a very well-put-together male with great phenotype and bone structure. His crimp style is passed on from his sire, Sunset Hill's Golden Thunder (ARi #31017435) and his dam, Skyline's Almond Joy, (ARI # 32821666). His consistent color is passed down from Joy's Lennox line. Thunder is our PR alpaca. He loves to meet people, and sometimes will give kisses. He has a great personality and disposition. He has soft-handled, dense fiber. With a 22-micron count, Thunder's fiber can be used for so many products. Thunder has his first cria on the ground! Sawdust's Jarrah was born 9/29/20 . This girl definitely has her dad's coloring and size. She was 17.9 lbs at birth. Thunder's 2nd cria - a brown male with a white face, named Koko, was born 5/29/21. Thunder's male crias born in 2022 are Sawdust's Babanus, ,born 9/29/22 and Sawdust's Murwiti, born 10/6/22. Jasper was born on10/04/22 to Estate's Brazilian Agate at Summer Hill Farm in CA. Thunder has produced some ribbon winning offspring as shown below! Babanus and Murwiti and Koko participated in the Great Western Alpaca Show/Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase in Denver CO 4/28-4/30/23. The results for the Thunder boys are: Babanus: 2nd - Great Western Alpaca Show Halter 3rd - Rocky Mountain A;lpaca Showcase Halter 6tth - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece Murwiti: 1st - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece 2nd - Great Western Alpaca Show - Halter 2nd - Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase - Halter KoKo: 3rd - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece 5th - Great Western Alpaca Show - Halter KOKO did not compete in Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase! We were very pleased with Thunder offspring scores in these 2 shows as they were the youngest in each of their age/sex/color groups. So lots of room for improvement. You won't go wrong adding Thunder as a herdsire on your farm!!!

We are excited to acquire this girl who was purchased by Sawdust Alpacas at the Priority Sale in Las Vegas in 2017! Agate has astounding fineness with an average micron count of 19.1 at five years old! Only 2.7% of her fibers are above 30 microns. Her comfort factor remains at an impressive 97.3%! She has proven herself to be a great mother. She is reasonably assertive with her herdmates, scared of goats, loves water, and makes me laugh. We are excited to breed her to Vintage Cashmere U-Taupe-Ia to increase fleece weight and staple length and create an all-around amazing cria!